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Letter from Herbert M. Howe to Emmett L. Bennett Jr., May 10, 1965
No full textHowe informs Bennett of the course schedule and status of graduate students in the Classics department at the University of Wisconsin.Classic
Letter from Herbert M. Howe to Hubert Creekmore (12 June 1950)
No full textHowe writes from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, asking Creekmore to contribute translations of Ovid for the Anthology of Classics in Translation that the Department of Classics was publishing. Includes envelope.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/creekmore/1048/thumbnail.jp
'Pilings of Thought Under Spoken': The Poetry of Susan Howe, 1974-1993.
No full textPhDThis thesis discusses the poetry published by contemporary American poet Susan
Howe over a period of almost two decades. The dissertation is chiefly concerned with
articulating the relationship between poetic form, history, and authority in this body
of' work. Howe's poetry dredges the past for the linguistic effects of patriarchy,
colonialism and war. My reading of the work is an exploration of the ways in which a
disjunctive poetics can address such historical trauma. The poems, rather than
attempting to reinstate voices lifted from what Howe has called "the dark side of
history", are a means of reflecting the resistance that the past offers to contemporary
investigation. It is the effacement, and not the recovery, of history's victims, that is
discernible in the contours of these highly opaque texts. Notions of authority are most
often addressed in the poetry through the figure of paternal absence, which has a
threefold function in the work, serving to represent social authority, an aporetic
conception of divinity and an autobiographical narrative. Alongside the antiauthoritarian
currents in the writing - critiques, for example, of the doctrine of
Manifest Destiny or of scapegoating versions of femininity - my thesis stresses Howe's
engagement with negative theology and with a strain of American Protestant
enthusiasm that has its roots in 17th century New England. The dissertation explores
the dissonance caused by the co-existence in the poetry of elements of political dissent
and religious mysticism. Finally, I consider Howe's engagement with literary history
and authors such as Shakespeare, Swift, Thoreau and Melville. The manner in which
Howe deploys the words of others in her work, I argue, allows for a mixture of textual
polyphony and a more conventional notion of authorial 'voice'
Mozambique and RENAMO : should the Reagan Doctrine apply?
No full textAfter gaining independence from Portugal in 1975 Mozambique fell under the Marxist rule of Samora Machel. Yet despite the Reagan Doctrine of aiding anti-Communist movements in countries aligned with the Soviet Union, Washington refused to support the seemingly pro-western, pro-market Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO), instead attempting to lure the government outside the Soviet sphere of influence with economic aid. Because RENAMO was receiving assistance from the South African government, the State Department feared that intervention on RENAMO's behalf would be seen as backing South Africa, thus jeopardizing the United States' position of opposing apartheid. However, critics argued that RENAMO was a democratic movement on the verge of overthrowing a Soviet client state, and that a RENAMO victory would show the world that the Soviet Union and its Brezhnev Doctrine were not invincible. In this episode, guests Jack Wheeler of the Freedom Research Foundation and Professor Herbert Howe, head of the African studies program at Georgetown University examine the question, is it in America's interests to intervene in RENAMO's fight against the Marxist government?Examines the question of American intervention in the civil war between the Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) and the Marxist Government
A bibliographic study of the Herbert J. Frost/W. Somerset Maugham collection in the Sterling C. Evans Library
No full textTypescript (photocopy).This dissertation is an annotated, descriptive bibliography of the 947 items in the Herbert J. Frost/W. Somerset Maugham Collection housed in Sterling C. Evans Library at Texas A&M University. Of these, the 464 primary works are separated into five categories: manuscripts, published materials, correspondence, edited materials, and introductory materials. Items are arranged alphabetically by title. The 483 secondary materials are likewise separated into five categories: books and entire periodicals, clippings, adaptations, photographs, and programs. These items are arranged alphabetically by author or title. Notes regarding inscriptions, bibliographic rarities, content, or other information are provided as needed. Entries include references to the definitive bibliography of the primary works, Raymond Toole Stott's A Bibliography of the Works of W. Somerset Maugham and/or of the secondary, Charles Sanders' W. Somerset Maugham: An Annotated Bibliography of Writings About Him. Every effort has been made to provide clear, concise information suitable to the peculiarities of the items and the needs of researchers
Author Correction: Explainable AI approach with original vegetation data classifies spatio-temporal nitrogen in flows from ungauged catchments to the Great Barrier Reef
No full textCorrection to: Scientific Reports, published online 24 October 2023 The original version of this Article contained an error in the Results section, under the subheading ‘Verification of catchment classification for DIN similarities’, where two instances of the unit ‘mg/L’ were incorrectly stated as m/L and g/L , respectively. While simulated peaks were under estimated in all cases, a review of the raw data identified that the maximum nitrogen concentration in the dataset for Herbert Catchment was 1.8105 m/L, which is the highest historical record, plus two additional peaks ranging between 1.320 g/L and 1.694 mg/L. now reads: While simulated peaks were under estimated in all cases, a review of the raw data identified that the maximum nitrogen concentration in the dataset for Herbert Catchment was 1.8105 mg/L, which is the highest historical record, plus two additional peaks ranging between 1.320 mg/L and 1.694 mg/L. The original Article has been corrected. © 2023, The Author(s)
Gulella donaikeni Cole & Herbert 2022, sp. nov.
No full textGulella donaikeni sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 1AB31B08-9507-4F43-9560-87DAC90A52C5 Figs 5A–D, 6A–B Diagnosis Shell minute, cylindrical; smooth and glossy; apertural dentition seven-fold, including a parietal lamella with outer portion oblique and then curving inward, the labral lip is thickened with a cusp at upper and lower ends and a large scoop-shaped plate extending deeply into aperture, a low, inset transverse basal tooth to right of centre, an inset basal tooth to left of centre and a large columella lamella with two rounded teeth, the lower large and broad and the upper relatively small; umbilicus widely open. Etymology Named for Don W. Aiken (1930–1988), an enthusiastic collector of South African land snails and author of two important publications dealing with South African Streptaxidae (Aiken 1981, 1995). Material examined Holotype SOUTH AFRICA – KwaZulu-Natal • Port Shepstone area, Marble Delta, Simuma Hill, scarp forest; 30.6679°S, 30.3471°E; 255 m a.s.l.; Dec. 2013; D. Herbert leg.; NMSA W9640/T4521. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA – KwaZulu-Natal • 1 spec.; Port Shepstone area, Marble Delta, South side of Simuma Hill, woodland/forest, stn S 1; 30.6683° S, 30.3470°E; 237 m a.s.l.; Feb. 2012; J. Harvey leg.; NMSA W8785/T4468 • 2 specs.; same locality as for preceding; NHMUK 20210073, prev. NMSA W8785 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; RMNH.MOL.452588, prev. NMSA W8785 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding, stn S3; 30.6666° S, 30.3447° E; 257 m a.s.l.; NMSA W8788/T4465 • 2 specs.; same collection data as for preceding, stn S6; 30.6687°S, 30.3466° E; 207 m a.s.l.; Feb. 2012; J. Harvey leg.; NMSA W8787/T4470 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; NHMUK 20210074, prev. NMSA W8787 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding, stn S2; 30.6672° S, 30.3443° E; 230 m a.s.l.; NMSA W8789/T4469 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; NMW.Z.2021.012.00003, prev. NMSA W8789 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; RMNH.MOL.452589, prev. NMSA W8789 • 1 spec.; Marble Delta, North side of Mzimkulwana River, base of Simuma Hill, dense riverine thicket/woodland, heavily invaded with Lantana and Chromolaena; 30.6727° S, 30.3427° E; 72 m a.s.l.; 5 Nov. 2001; D. Herbert leg.; NMSA V9640/T4471 • 3 specs.; Marble Delta; Hlokohloko Valley, middle section, riverine/scarp forest, stn H1; 30.6608°S, 30.3326°E; 188 m a.s.l.; Feb. 2012; J. Harvey leg.; NMSA W8732/T4464 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; NMW.Z.2021.012.00004, prev. NMSA W8732 • 2 specs.; same collection data as for preceding, stn H3; 30.6622°S, 30.3386°E; 145 m a.s.l.; NMSA W8767/T4467 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; ELMD 18759/T 229, prev. NMSA W8767 • 1 spec.; Hlokohloko Valley, lower section, riverine/scarp forest, stn H5; 30.6589°S, 30.3426°E; 122 m a.s.l.; Feb. 2012; J. Harvey leg.; NMSA W8768/T4463 • 1 spec.; Port Shepstone area, Four Man’s Hill, scarp forest, stn S3; 30.6736°S, 30.3360°E; 98 m a.s.l.; Dec. 2013; D. Herbert leg.; NMSA W9596/T4466 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding, stn S5; 30.6721°S, 30.3348°E; 127 m a.s.l.; NMSA W9601/T4473. Other material SOUTH AFRICA – KwaZulu-Natal • 4 specs.; Port Shepstone area, Marble Delta, Hlokohloko Valley, lower section, riverine/scarp sorest, stn H4; 30.6609°S, 30.3416°E; 130 m a.s.l.; Feb. 2012; J. Harvey leg.; NMSA W8769 • 3 specs.; Simuma area, Hlokohloko Valley, 08-036, scarp forest; 30.6512°S, 30.3443°E; ca 110 m a.s.l.; 5 May 2008; D. Herbert and L. Davis leg.; NMSA W6279 • 2 specs.; Port Shepstone area, Four Man’s Hill, scarp forest, stn S5; 30.6721°S, 30.3348°E; 127 m a.s.l.; Dec. 2013; D. Herbert leg.; NMSA P1608, prev. NMSA W9601. Description SHELL (Fig. 5). Shell minute, cylindrical, length 1.8–2.3 mm, width 0.8–0.9mm, L:W 2.2–2.6 (n = 16); smooth and glossy with microscopic growth lines. Protoconch approx. 0.7 mm in diameter, comprising approx. 2.5 whorls, smooth; junction between protoconch and teleoconch not distinct. Teleoconch comprising approx. 3.5 whorls; whorls relatively flat-sided (Fig. 5A–B). Aperture sub-quadrate, rounded at base, markedly constricted by teeth; peristome thickened and reflected, broadly interrupted in parietal region; dentition seven-fold (Fig. 5C): 1) a parietal lamella, outer portion strongly oblique (almost transverse) and then curving inward; 2–3) labral lip thickened, forming a vertical ridge which bears a cusp at its upper and lower ends, each inside aperture edge, the upper cusp defines lower part of labral sinus; beginning just behind thickened labral lip a large, shallow scoop-shaped plate with a sharp ridge around its border extends deeply into aperture beyond level of columella lamella in aperture view; 4) a low, deeply inset transverse basal tooth to right of centre; 5) an inset oblique basal tooth to left of centre; 6–7) a large columella lamella with two well-spaced rounded teeth, the lower one large, broad and sloping outward toward outer lip, the upper one smaller and more deep-set. Labral tooth corresponds with a shallow indentation behind outer lip (Fig. 5B); basal tooth to left of centre corresponds with a narrow external furrow (Fig. 5D). Umbilicus open, relatively wide and deep with a conspicuous pit underlying columella lamella, approx. 0.2 mm across, peri-umbilical region with distinct axial pleats (Fig. 5D). Shell almost transparent when fresh, orange-red coloration of dried tissue of animal visible internally. Distribution (Fig. 6) Known only from an area approx. 16 km NW of Port Shepstone in southern KwaZulu-Natal, mainly from the Marble Delta, and the neighbouring Four Man’s Hill and Hlokohloko Valley. G. donaikeni sp. nov. has only been recorded south of the Mzimkulu River and G. calcicola sp. nov. (see below) only north of the river. Habitat Patches of dense valley thicket (Low & Rebelo 1996), also referred to as Eastern Valley Bushveld (Rutherford et al. 2006) and KwaZulu-Natal Scarp forest (Mucina et al. 2018b); in leaf-litter and under logs. The indigenous vegetation has been heavily invaded by alien plants, notably Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King (Asteraceae), and Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), both from South and Central America. Remarks In terms of its minute size, smooth glossy shell and dentition, Gulella donaikeni sp. nov. resembles G. tietzae, G. kenbrowni sp. nov. and G. mkombeni sp. nov. It is distinguished from G. tietzae by the large rounded lower tooth on the columella lamella and the presence of a low inset basal tooth to the right of centre. The labral complex extends further into the aperture than that of G. kenbrowni sp. nov., and G. mkombeni sp. nov. and the lower columella tooth is rounded and not ridge-like. Conservation Gulella donaikeni sp. nov. has been found in a very small, degraded area and its habitat continues to be threatened by mining. The lower portion of the Hlokohloko Valley has been sacrificed to provide a waste rock dump for the quarry. The species evidently meets the criteria for red-listing as Critically Endangered. Conservation remarks pertaining to Gulella calcicola sp. nov. (see below) also apply to G. donaikeni.Published as part of Cole, Mary L. & Herbert, David G., 2022, Eight new species of Gulella Pfeiffer, 1856 from the south-east coast of South Africa (Gastropoda: Streptaxidae), pp. 1-32 in European Journal of Taxonomy 813 on pages 13-17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1729, http://zenodo.org/record/644875
Ambiguous order military forces in African states
No full text"Faced with a growing crisis of military insecurity, some African states have actually collapsed while others are threatened by ongoing insurgencies. This original work examines three potential options for increasing state security in contemporary Africa: regional military groupings, private security companies, and a continent-wide, professional peacekeeping force." "A case study of ECOMOG in Liberia and Sierra Leone examines the possibilities for regional military cooperation. Analysis of the infamous Executive Outcomes' operations in Angola and Sierra Leone raises the provocative question of whether merecenaries contribute to national security in the long run. The book also includes an assessment of the developing Africa Crisis Response Initiative, the first continental and rapidly deployable peacekeeping capability in Africa." "Howe explores these alternatives within the larger context of why African militaries have proven incapable of handling new types of insurgency; how the failed intervention in Somalia has limited Western efforts to act in subsequent crises, such as the genocide in Rwanda; and how African attempts to redefine "sovereignty" provide philosophical justification for armed intervention in the internal affairs of other states. Based on extensive travel in African war zones, his findings provide an important contribution to the growing field of African security."--BOOK JACKET
Veterinary Science: To The Year 2000 And Beyond
No full textIn this article, author M. Herbert Smith, from NDSU's Department of Veterinary Science, gives us their perception of the future of veterinary science. The multiplication of new knowledge in areas of such as immunology and virology opened up new avenues in the fundamental understanding of disease processes. Modern biotechnology was mentioned as being an important tool of great benefit in the furthered gain of knowledge in applicable areas of veterinary science. It was perceived that the furthered combined efforts of multi-disciplines and departments would yield benefits for each
The Effect of Oilfield Brine on Soil Properties and Plant Growth
No full textUganda is an emerging petroleum-producing country, and protecting vulnerable ecosystems in the impacted areas is paramount. In this study, simulated Ugandan petroleum brine was applied to soils to duplicate the conditions of brine spills. The brine to be used in Ugandan oil fields will be dominated by Na+, K+, Cl��, and HCO3�� with lower concentrations of potentially toxic metals including Sr and Ba. When brine was applied to the soil at rates high enough to reach electrolytic conductivities of EC 3 and EC 9 dS m-1, respectively, soil properties and plant growth were heavily impacted. Redistribution of exchangeable cations and soil dispersion were observed for both rates of brine application. SAR was elevated to 12 and 18, and ESR was increased to 0.22 and 0.46 for EC3 and for EC9 treatments, respectively. The impacts on plant biomass were dependent upon the target species: cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) biomass decreased significantly, Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) was slightly impacted, and sorghum sudangrass (Sorghum �� drummondii hybrid) increased in biomass with increasing brine additions. Brine enhanced Ca2+ and Mg2+ content in root but not in shoot, while K+ and Na+ increased in shoot and root for all the species. Ba and Sr application did not have significant impact on soil properties or plant growth. From this study, we concluded that a single spill of brine solutions can result in significant damage to soils and vulnerable plants. Careful management will be required to avoid environmental problems associated with petroleum exploration and extraction, but brine spills can be addressed with proper soil and plant management
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